extort

verb

extract money from, under pressure

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).

extorted; obtained by extortion.
“Hauing great Lordships got and goodly farmes, Through strong oppression of his powre extort.”

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).

To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
“to extort contributions from the vanquished”
“to extort confessions of guilt”
To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
“Weirdly, Renton doesn’t look too much older and the same also goes for Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), who has exchanged heroin for cocaine and nowadays runs an escort-and-blackmail business, secretly videoing clients and extorting money, working with his female business partner, Veronika (Anjela Nedyalkova).”
To twist outwards.